stopthatgirl7Fifa suspends Luis Rubiales from all football-related activity over Hermoso kiss
Fifa has suspended Spanish FA president Luis Rubiales from all football-related activities following his conduct at the Women’s World Cup final in Sydney
magnetosphere…79 women’s football players who signed a letter in which they stated they would refuse to play for their country as long as Rubiales remained in his post.
How am I only learning about this now? It’s fucking awesome.
Anyway, the next step is to fire Rubiales. Will that happen?
jmcsThen you’ll love to know that the Spanish football federation threatened to sue them, because FIFA rules say players can’t refuse calls to the national team. Rubiales is only the tip of the iceberg, the entire federation is a glorified pigsty.
That’s an asinine, empty threat. The players clearly have public opinion on their side. All FIFA is doing is advertising how out of touch they are. FIFA is begging to be put in their place.
SanguineParI mean, to be fair to FIFA (did I just type that?) they have suspended him: theguardian.com/…/fifa-suspends-luis-rubiales-fro…
It’s the Spanish FA who need to step up though, they’re making absolute fools of themselves.
Sexists close ranks around each other to protect their own. This probably only ends after the Spanish FA has been completely rebuilt.
The players clearly have public opinion on their side.
Umm… have you seen how sexist football fans are?
Oh, I mean the general public, now that it’s international news. If it was just the fans, I’d be much more worried.
SkunkWorkzThe Spanish Federation is threatening the players not FIFA.